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Faith and Development in Focus: Tanzania

26. September 2019

The World Faiths Development Dialogue has published a report on Faith and Development in Tanzania in September 2019, supported by the International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development (PaRD). ...

International Day of Peace: Peacebuilders Call on Governments to Move from Commitments to Action on Peace

21. September 2019

Over 100 organizations release a statement in advance of the International Day of Peace on September 21th, 2019 in New York. ...

Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom

19. September 2019

Advocating for Human Rights at the US Department of State ...

Caring For Our Common Future: Religions for Peace World Assembly in Lindau, Germany

2. September 2019

900 delegates from more than 100 countries convened from August 20th to 23rd, 2019 to commit to concrete action for the building of multi-religious peace globally. ...

The Role of Partnership in Achieving Freedom of Religion or Belief

28. August 2019

PaRD members held a side event on the margins of the 2019 Ministerial To Advance Religious Freedom in Washington, DC. ...

PaRD Side Event to the High-Level Political Forum 2019. Together for the Goals – Religious Actors’ Role in Sustaining Peace

1. August 2019

The PaRD SDG 16 work-stream on Sustaining Peace convened a side event during the United Nations High-Level Political Forum 2019 on July 16, at the Church Center for the United ...

New Side by Side Advocacy Briefing: The Role of Faith Leaders in Achieving Gender Justice

22. October 2018

This first Side by Side advocacy briefing is offered as a contribution to the emerging conversation about the distinctive role of faith representatives in advocating for gender justice. ...

Faith Groups Gather to Discuss Children on the Move

16. October 2018

This week a diverse group of organisations will come together for a forum at the Jesuit Curia in Rome where they will discuss how faith leaders can work together to ...

Les Voix des Religions sur le Développement Durable

9. October 2018

Supported by the Swiss Confederation, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ) has published the French translation of its Book Voices from Religions on Sustainable Development through ...

New Action Guides on Religious Peacebuilding

24. September 2018

USIP, in collaboration with the Salam Institute for Peace and Justice and the Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers, has developed a series of Action Guides on religious peacebuilding. ...

Ambassador Mussie Hailu (URI) receives Unity Earth „Keeper of the Flame Award“

24. September 2018

This African Union event was organised by Unity Earth in partnership with the United Religions Initiative, the Inter-Religious Council of Ethiopia and the World Peace Prayer Society in Ethiopia. ...

2018 World Health Summit in Berlin on October 14th to 16th 2018

4. September 2018

The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) for Health and PaRD are hosting a session titled "Linking Cultural Heritage, Values, Cutting-Edge Science, Religion, and Health to Promote Peace and Respect" on Oct 14th ...